HKIN 191 Midterm -1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers.

HKIN 191 Midterm #1 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers


What is VO2? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-oxygen consumption


What is a MET? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Metabolic equivalent
1 MET = 3.5 ml/kg/min


What is absolute VO2 max? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-maximum amount
of oxygen consumed - L/min


What is relative VO2 max? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-maximum amount
of oxygen consumed relative to body mass - mlO2/kg/min


How do you calculate relative VO2 from absolute VO2? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-divide absolute VO2 by kg


How do you calculate absolute VO2 from relative VO2? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-multiply relative VO2 by kg

, How do you calculate relative VO2 from METS? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-multiply METS by 3.5


How do you calculate METS from relative VO2? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-divide relative VO2 by 3.5


How do you calculate total VO2(L) consumed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
multiply VO2 (L/min) by time (min)


How do you calculate kcal burned during exercise? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-multiply total VO2 consumed by 5


What is homeostasis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-maintenance of a
constant internal environment
normal resting conditions


What is a steady state? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the balance between
demands placed on the body and the physiological response to those
demands


What is the goal of the control systems of the body? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-to regulate some physiological variable at or near a
constant value